HOW TO USE IT
First download the PDF below:
This divination tool consists of three parts: the Hand of Fate image, the worksheet & summary sheets, and the glossary of character meanings assigned to each letter. The worksheet and/or the summary sheet is where you’ll be doing most of the work, and the glossary of alphabet letter meanings is for reference purposes. I have included a summary sheet on page 3 of this download, in case you want to re-phrase your analysis of the person in question from your notes on the worksheet into one cohesive narrative, but if you want to skip the worksheet altogether and just work with the summary sheet, that’s fine too. The Hand of Fate page is mainly for show. I suppose you could meditate on the Hand of Fate image, and if you arrive at any insights, let me know. But now to the rules:
- Only one name should be used. It can be a given (first) name, a nickname, a stage-name, a pen-name, an adopted name or a family name, but only one name per sheet.
- Of the various listed meanings under each letter, only one may apply to the subject, but there may be more than one meaning of the letter which will apply to the subject. There may be some assigned-meanings of a letter which will have some significance that only the subject will recognize in themselves. It is highly-unlikely that every assigned-meaning for a given letter will apply to the subject. Indeed, a few letters, such as L or P, have assigned meanings which appear to flatly-contradict each other, and it will be up to you, the analyzer, to decide which trait is true about the person.
- On the answer sheet provided, fill in the spaces in the left-hand column with the letters in the subject’s name. If their name has more than one of the same letter, you can opt to use only one space for that particular letter and write something like ‘N (2)’ or ‘F (3)’. This can be important, because the repeated-presence of a certain letter in the same name means the associated traits of that letter will be more pronounced in the person’s character. You may want to list such letters first, and not write out the letters of the name in order. If the person’s name is more than seven letters long, you’ll have to add another sheet. Or you can forego the answer sheet, and just use a convenient sheet of paper.
- In the spaces to the right of the letters, there is room to write the traits which you feel most apply to the person, in terms of the meanings assigned to letter you’ve written on the left. At this point, you’ll need to consult the glossary of letter meanings pages and for each letter, find the trait or traits which you most-feel typify the subject, then write those traits next to the letter on the worksheet.